by Thanisha Kapur (’25) | March 31, 2023 In the search for strong yet inexpensive materials to build pioneering technologies, engineers have turned to 3D printing because of its wide range of […]
by Arhana Aatresh (’23) | March 31, 2023 Readers, this column marks my end as a columnist and staff member of The Lancer. It is with deep sadness that I bid you […]
by Rohan Sinha (’23) | March 31, 2023 In a hearing before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on March 8, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Christopher Wray admitted to […]
by Navaneeth Dontuboyina (’24) | March 31, 2023 Just a few weeks ago on March 13, 2023, millions of Americans erupted in dismay when the Biden administration approved the Willow project, an […]
by Caleb Obico (’25) | March 31, 2023 The woolly mammoth and dodo bird went extinct centuries ago; however, a team of researchers and scientists at the biotech company Colossal are working […]
by Myra Malhotra (’26) | March 10, 2023 Following the rise of ChatGPT, Microsoft has added its own chatbot feature to Bing Search. This new feature is growing in popularity, with over […]
by Arhana Aatresh (’23) | March 10, 2023 It’s that glorious time of year again for seniors nationwide: March. College acceptances are slowly arriving, and graduation is only two months away. The […]
by Valerie Wong (’24) | March 10, 2023 On February 2, chemistry professor Christoph Salzmann and researcher Alexander Rosu-Finsen published a study about their accidental discovery of a new form of amorphous […]
by Rohan Sinha (’23) | March 10, 2023 After the train derailment in early February in East Palestine, Ohio, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was one of the first government agencies tasked […]
by Junhyeok Hong (’24) | March 10, 2023 On February 6, a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred near Nurdağı, Turkey. It struck within 100 kilometers of an important fault line, causing serious […]
by Thanisha Kapur (’25) | February 3, 2023 California: a haven of sunny skies, beaches, and—rain? This past month, the Bay Area has experienced some of its rainiest days since 1998, leaving […]
by Arhana Aatresh (’23) | February 3, 2023 It’s that time of year again! One month since we eagerly set ambitious New Year’s resolutions to exercise more, eat healthily, spend less, and […]
by Navaneeth Dontuboyina (’24) | February 3, 2023 In 2015, influential tech figures such as Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Samuel Altman created OpenAI—a non-profit, research-oriented company that gathers and tests data […]
by Rohan Sinha (’23) | February 3, 2023 Since the 1990s, semiconductor manufacturing has moved from the United States to locations overseas, including Taiwan. Reversing this departure is the premise for a […]
by Kasper Halevy (’24) | February 3, 2023 On January 10, the Eggers Innovation Center opened for the first day of classes after winter break. While the building is now home to […]
by Arhana Aatresh (’23) | October 7, 2022 Welcome to Brain Dump! I’m excited for a year of exploring the mysteries and wonders of our brain and how they manifest in our […]
by Myra Malhotra (’26) | November 18, 2022 In response to the devastating COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, scientists created a vaccine within 11 months of pandemic. To complete this task in record […]
by Arhana Aatresh (’23) | November 18, 2022 The arrival of November is an exciting time: leaves falling and changing colors, a rare peek at rain, and perhaps most importantly, Election Day. […]
by Navaneeth Dontuboyina (’24) | November 18, 2022 Malaria is an illness caused by parasites and most commonly passed by female Anopheles mosquitoes. The most common mosquito species in Africa within the […]
by Rohan Sinha (’23) | November 18, 2022 The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack in May 2021 was a wake-up call to many government and corporate officials. DarkSide, a criminal hacking group, had conducted […]
by Caleb Obico (’25) | October 7, 2022 The human brain is one of the most complex and intriguing aspects of nature. Humans’ ability to process new information, recognize patterns, and learn […]
by Rohan Sinha (’23) | October 7, 2022 In September 2022, news outlets reported the White House’s concern about social media operations launched by the Pentagon promoting pro-American content abroad. After the […]
by Thanisha Kapur (’25) | October 7, 2022 In the wake of the pandemic, people have become accustomed to wearing masks to protect themselves from the virus or to conceal their emotional […]
by Navaneeth Dontuboyina (’24) | October 7, 2022 The poliovirus was once a prominent risk to children in highly populated, urban areas with poor sanitation. It was usually associated with flu-like symptoms […]
by Valerie Wong (’24) | October 7, 2022 Thwaites Glacier, one of the world’s biggest glaciers, is on the verge of collapse. Some call it the “doomsday glacier” because of the catastrophic […]
by Sudeepthi Ravipati (’24) | April 8, 2022 Parkinson’s disease is a devastating illness with no known cause. While people experience this neuro-degenerative disorder in a variety of ways, it generally impacts […]
by Arhana Aatresh (’23) | April 8, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked dialogue about the importance of art during difficult times. Isolation, lockdown, and quarantine periods have inspired people to turn […]
by Caleb Obico (’25) | April 8, 2022 When people think of the word robot, they typically imagine a metal contraption reminiscent of a sci-fi movie. They may picture intelligent droids or […]
by Rohan Sinha (’23) | April 8, 2022 In a study recently published in Nature Astronomy, scientists have revealed astronomical research’s contribution to climate change—also called its carbon footprint. According to their […]
by Caleb Obico (’25) | March 21, 2022 The Tasmanian tiger was a species of carnivorous Australian marsupial that lived on the island of Tasmania after being driven to extinction on the […]
by Will Li (’23) | March 21, 2022 Decades of environmental degradation have contaminated the world’s valuable water resources. From the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, to the accumulation of microplastics in […]
by Rohan Sinha (’23) | March 21, 2022 On February 24, on the orders of President Putin, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since the invasion, Russia has found itself increasingly isolated: the international community […]
by Sudeepthi Ravipati (’24) | March 21, 2022 When COVID-19 took the world by storm, the virus significantly changed the world of medicine. While treatable for many, its impacts are extremely dangerous […]
by Arhana Aatresh (’23) | March 21, 2022 Teenagers get a bad reputation for their obsession with social status and group belonging, as well as their impulsive and temperamental tendencies; just look […]
by Ayush Raj (’23) | February 14, 2022 On January 15, an underwater volcano erupted in Tonga, a small Pacific island nation. The force was equivalent to that of a nuclear bomb, […]
by Landon Kim (’25) | February 14, 2022 When BMW produced their first car in 1929, no one expected the company to grow into the mega-corporation it is today. People certainly did […]
by Rohan Sinha (’23) | February 14, 2022 The capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, is swiftly being submerged by surrounding waters. While the megacity has been sinking at an average rate of half […]
by Alexander Xia (’24) | February 14, 2022 Started by the African Union in 2007, the Great Green Wall project is an initiative to grow an 8000 kilometer forest through the Sahel-Sahara […]
by Arhana Aatresh (’23) | February 14, 2022 Students often find themselves mocked by the adults in their lives for enjoying the things that bring them comfort, such as music they listen […]
by Rohan Sinha (’23) | November 19, 2021 The futuristic concept of a “metaverse” is not new; it comes from Neal Stephenson’s 30-year-old novel Snow Crash, where a digital universe allows for […]
by Arhana Aatresh (’23) | November 19, 2021 Most students on campus would argue that sleep is overrated, and their concerning lack of sleep certainly proves that they are willing to sacrifice […]
by Navya Barua (’24) | November 19, 2021 The world of communication changed forever when Ray Tomlison, a computer engineer working in Cambridge, Massachusetts, discovered a way for people to interact with […]
by Navaneeth Dontuboyina (’24)|November 19, 2021 Despite the overall success of the COVID-19 vaccine, a major setback to combatting the pandemic is vaccine development and production by private entities lacking transparency. The […]
by Elsa Ying (’23) | November 19, 2021 After almost two weeks, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference came to a close on Friday, November 12. Commonly known as “COP26,” or […]
by Arhana Aatresh (’23) | October 11, 2021 The return to on-campus instruction for the first time since March 2020 has brought endless challenges, especially surrounding the transition from isolation to constant […]
by Hoshita Undella (’24) | October 11, 2021 Around 422 million, or roughly 9.3% of our global population, currently live with diabetes, one of the leading causes of death today. The World […]
by Ayush Raj (’23) | October 11, 2021 From smartphones in our pockets to routers powering the internet to jet planes flying above us, chips, or semiconductors, are tiny little powerhouses, often […]
by Sudeepthi Ravipati (’24) | October 11, 2021 Hurricane Ida’s wrath has struck from Louisiana to New York; since August 26, the storm has brought torrential rain and 150 mile-per-hour wind speeds. […]
by Alexander Xia (’24) | October 11, 2021 On September 15, SpaceX sent out a mission called Inspiration 4 on its Crew Dragon capsule. The capsule spent 72 hours in orbit before […]
by Fazal Mittu (’23) | May 10, 2021 As part of Saint Francis’s new Machine Learning Club, the project team of Fazal Mittu (’23), Varun Nair (’23), Michael Puell (’23), Swathi Badrinarayanan […]
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